A picture of Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts is placed on his gravesite in York, Pa.’s Prospect Hill Cemetery. In a ceremony honoring Roberts, the first military man with York County links to die in the War on Terrorism, the … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Marshall, the first elected female mayor of York, remains in the public realm. Here, the 92-year-old talks with a visitor at West York, Pa.’s, Community S.E.N.I.O.R.S. center. Marshall testified last week before a U.S. Senate panel about legislation that … Continue reading →

Melanie Pancho submitted this photograph from York County, Pa.’s West Manchester Township to the Your Photos section of ydr.com: ‘Lovely old graveyard behind the West Manchester Mall on Loucks Rd.’ Some members of the Pfaltzgraff family of pottery fame are … Continue reading →

Three hundred golf balls pour onto the green at the Country Club of York as part of a June 2007 fundraiser for the Susan P. Byrnes Health Center. (Each ball received a number, and the one landing closest to this … Continue reading →

‘Weighing the Butter’ is one of 16 mini-murals that join 18 large-scale panels to form the Murals of York. This adaptation of Lewis Miller’s work appears on the wall of the Central Market Annex and on a recent Wikipedia site … Continue reading →

Remember this piece of York County, Pa.’s, 250th anniversary in 1999. That’s Terry Downs under the arch he designed for the celebration. That Triumphal Arch, seen here at Penn Park, is a miniature replica of four such temporary paper mache … Continue reading →

Workers move two Thanksgiving statues from the U.S. Post Office in York, Pa. The longtime downtown post office will be closed and operations moved elsewhere in York. The statues reportedly will be relocated in the East York post office. “The … Continue reading →

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Welcome to York Town Square, 9 years of daily posts about history/journalism, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.